A fresh Spanish true-crime story heads to Netflix
We’re adding another real-life mystery to our watch list this winter. Netflix has confirmed that Who Killed the Banker’s Widow? lands on the service on 4 December. The one-off documentary revisits the 2017 shooting of María del Carmen Martínez, widow of a former bank president, and the tangled family and business disputes that followed.
What the film sets out to untangle
Martínez inherited a controlling stake in the family empire after her husband’s death. Five years later she was found shot twice in the head while collecting her car from a dealership run by her son-in-law. The case exposed rival factions inside the company and left police and courts with conflicting accounts that remain unresolved nearly ten years on. Journalists Braulio García Jaén and Bárbara Ayuso, who previously worked on the El enemigo podcast, lead the investigation on screen and supply new leads that the original probes missed.
Who’s behind the production
LACOproductora, the factual arm of PRISA Media, made the film with director Maxi González. It draws on fresh interviews and archive material to test long-held assumptions rather than simply retell the official narrative. UK viewers who enjoy detailed true-crime docs will find plenty to chew over, especially if they already follow Spanish-language investigations on the platform.
Where to find more Netflix picks
You can keep track of upcoming releases and UK availability in our TV section. The documentary runs as a single film and is expected to appear in the UK catalogue on the same date as the global premiere.
